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European industrial relations country profiles

European industrial relations country profiles
When?

16 December 2007

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Event background

Workshop 1 - European industrial relations country profiles benchmarked against the Lisbon strategy, Dublin, 7-8 February 2006

Programme

Day 1, Day 2

Day 1: Tuesday, 7 February 2006

08.15Bus from city centre

09.00Registration

Chair:Timo Kauppinen, European Foundation, Dublin

09:30 Welcome and objectives of the workshop
Timo Kauppinen, European Foundation

10.00 European Union level industrial relations in the light of the Lisbonstrategy
Klaus Kaeding, DG Employment and Social Affairs, European Commission, Brussels

10:30Industrial relations country profiles for the EU 25
Steffan Lehndorf and Sebastian Schief, IAT, Germany and Heribert Kohl, BwP, Germany
Comments: Martin Roderick, University of Southampton, UK, (tbc)
Discussion

11:30Coffee

11.45Group work

  • industrial relations country profiles for the EU25

  • discussion and checking of national country profiles

13.00Lunch

Chair: Roland Waeyaert, UNIZO, Belgium

14.00Reform programmes of the renewed Lisbon strategy
Klaus Kaeding, DG Employment and Social Affairs, European Commission, Brussels
Lisbon strategy and estimated economic impacts
European Foundation
Comments: Mariusz-Jan Radlo, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

15.15Coffee

15.30Group work
National industrial relations country profiles benchmarked against the Lisbon strategy

  • strengths and weaknesses of national industrial relations benchmarked against the Lisbon strategy

  • 12 national groups (4 persons per group)

16.30Panel discussion
National presentations: strengths and weaknesses of industrial relations benchmarked against the Lisbon strategy
Comments: Bart van Riel, Social Economic Research Council, theNetherlands

17.45 Europeanisation or americanisation of european industrial relations
Christian Welz, European Foundation

18.00Bus to city centre

20.00Working dinner

Day 2: Wednesday, 8 February 2006

08.15Bus from city centre

Chair:Christian Welz, European Foundation

9.00Objectives of the second day
Timo Kauppinen, European Foundation

9:10 European industrial relations models benchmarked against the Lisbon strategy
Guy Van Gyes and Tom Vandenbrade, HIVA, Belgium,
Comments: Joe Wallace, University of Limerick, Ireland (tbc)
Discussion
Thorsten Mueller, European Foundation

10.00Group work
National industrial relations development projects based on the benchmarking against the Lisbon strategy

  • production of national development projects

  • 12 national groups

  • national rapporteur (researcher)

11.00Coffee

11.20Panel discussion:
National industrial relations development projects
Presentation of projects
Comments: Christian Welz and Timo Kauppinen

12.30Closing remarks
European Foundation

12.45Lunch

13.30Bus to the airport

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